Heaven Bound & Glory Be-Kevin Devine

[ti:Heaven Bound & Glory Be] [ar:Kevin Devine] [al:Kevin Devine Live At Maxwell's] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Heaven Bound & Glory Be - Kevin Devine [01:45.09]A reporter in a jail room whispering her source to a dying bulb [01:53.15] [01:56.21]While the prince is in a fable peaceful in his cradle [02:01.82]Convinced of the impossible: [02:05.20] [02:06.88]All those wicked words I used to build my wild Western truth [02:16.51] [02:17.57]I was just following the rules Yeah I did what I had to do [02:26.67] [02:28.04]So now its later than it needs to be [02:32.85] [02:33.85]And in the dulcet tones of dream [02:38.28] [02:40.34]The prince atop his chariot [02:42.77] [02:43.46]Heaven bound & glory be [02:46.58] [02:51.63]A mother in a market chases after children that she barely knows [03:00.08] [03:02.83]While the father on the barstool [03:06.07]Dropped off by his carpool [03:08.95]Is playing a familiar role: [03:12.62] [03:13.87]I used to be a conquering king I watched the slow stars shoot & swing [03:23.61] [03:24.98]When I'd wake the world would sing Now I can't hear anything [03:34.71] [03:36.20]So now its later than it needs to be [03:40.51] [03:41.82]And while his stranger family sleeps [03:46.75] [03:48.56]The king looks for his castle [03:50.99] [03:51.62]Heaven bound & glory be [03:54.98] [03:59.04]There's a myth we must've made [04:03.85] [04:04.84]One we're spreading every day [04:09.21] [04:10.59]In every dying dream we grieve [04:15.33] [04:16.33]The humming hole we fight & feed [04:20.64] [04:22.19]It's the loving lives we long for [04:25.75]Heaven bound & glory be [04:28.93] [04:34.30]A man in a hotel room tangled to his teeth by the telephone [04:41.97] [04:45.10]He's waiting on a woman wondering what she's doing [04:50.71]And pacing so his pulse won't slow [04:54.58] [04:56.08]He drums his legs and pulls his hair; he carves her dimples in the air [05:05.63] [05:07.00]The raging world has spooked him scared [05:11.62] [05:12.93]And he don't want her lost out there [05:16.80] [05:18.16]So now it's later than it needs to be [05:22.47] [05:24.10]And though his aching eyes want sleep [05:28.53] [05:29.77]Against all rationality [05:34.45] [05:35.64]Against everything he believes [05:40.44] [05:42.13]He prays for her protection [05:44.63] [05:45.31]Heaven bound & glory be [05:49.68] [05:53.73]I pray for your protection [05:55.92] [05:56.73]Heaven bound & glory be [06:01.97] [06:05.56]I pray for your protection Heaven bound & glory be